This book provides a glimpse into modern Korean history, compiled primarily from original materials such as letters and telegrams from that time.
It contains the story of President Syngman Rhee, the founding president of the Republic of Korea, who established and defended a liberal democratic nation, thereby making the Republic of Korea what it is today.
He speaks of his dream, knowledge, conviction, and stubbornness in building a free democratic market economy despite numerous oppositions, pressures, and misunderstandings, and persuasively argues that his dictatorship was intended to prevent communism and preserve the free democratic system.

I highly recommend that the next generation read this book.
The reason is that many historians in our society, contaminated by the epidemic that was prevalent in Japan after World War II, have become the mainstream in the historical academia, and are teaching incorrect knowledge in textbooks based on a materialistic view of history and dogmatic narratives that are not supported by facts.
They praise Kim Il-sung, the mastermind of a brutal and thoroughgoing one-man dictatorship, as the leader of a progressive and democratic nation, and denounce Syngman Rhee as a backward, dictatorial leader.
Recently, a video has been circulating on the Internet spewing out false and fabricated insults about the “Hundred Days War.” This is said to be the result of research by a leftist historical research institute that even received government subsidies.


When the Communist Party completely failed after 70 years of testing and gave up its name in Russia, the Communist Party in Europe also gave up its name.
But strangely enough, the country that has not yet taken down its sign is Japan.
In Korea, similar to Japan, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union is alive and well, and in the media, articles with an easily explainable historical materialism dominate.
This book is the perfect way to awaken us to this misconception.

---From the translator's preface